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Navigating Your Career Path
Hostess: Kara Sullivan
18 February 2016
Speaker: Jesal Gandhi - Cisco
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Welcome to the 3rd
session of the Preparing for Your Career webinar series!
• Use the Q and A panel to ask questions.
• Use the Chat panel to communicate with attendees and panelists.
• A link to a recording of the session will be sent to all registered attendees.
• Please take the feedback survey at the end of the webinar.
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Next Session:
• Perfect Your Resume & Get Noticed!
2 March, 2016 – 7:00 A.M. PST
Register at: bit.ly/ResumePerfect
First 3 sessions can be found here: bit.ly/PFYCseries
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Cisco
Jesal Gandhi
Project Manager, NetAcad Programs Team
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Where Do I Begin?
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Start with the Basics
Assumptions
1. Do you know what you are looking for?
What is your desired career?
Where can you work?
2. Do you have a general resume?
3. Do you have your LinkedIn profile up to date?
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Dive into Your Job Search
Step 1: Get organized
Step 2: Research
Step 3: Set up informational Interviews
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Get Organized
Consider it your job to find a job,
until you get your desired job offer.
• Create a schedule
• File your documents
• Track your applications
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Research
• Research what is most used/reliable in your region
• Resources: Google | Instructors | Peers
• Recommended sites
• NetAcadAdvantage.com/jobs
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Informational Interviewsare casual conversations in which a potential job seeker speaks with an employed professional to gain insight
This casual conversation allows for the job seeker to:
• Seek advice on their career, industry
• Learn about the corporate culture of potential future workplace
• You speak with people in your network of contacts
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7 Steps to Setting Up Informational Interviews
Be Introspective
Create list of contacts
Make the connection
Create a plan
Prepare for the meeting
Show upFollow up
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Negotiating your salary
•Determine your Market Value
• Timing is everything
•Weigh the full package
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10 ways to Maximize Your Job Search
Surf job sites for more than open positions
Realize a potential job lead can be anywhere
Make your value known
quickly
Do your homework
Know that employers do
their homework too
Look and act like a
professional
Show that you want this job
Do not get ahead of
yourself—reel in the arrogance
Show your interest in the
job, follow up, & thank
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Resources to Learn More
• NetAcadAdvantage.com
• Resume webinar
• Using LinkedIn webinar
• 6 Email tips for Job Seekers
• Negotiating your salary
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Q&A
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Next Session:
• Perfect Your Resume & Get Noticed!
2 March, 2016 – 7:00 A.M. PST
Register at: bit.ly/ResumePerfect
First 3 sessions can be found here: bit.ly/PFYCseries
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